Works about Science and Reason
Title
Poet/Lyricist
Voicing/Instrumentation
Level
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSA, soloist, piano, opt. bass
- SATB, soloist, piano, opt. bass
Level: M
Get Curious
A compelling look at how curiosity can nudge anger into something beautiful and transformative
A compelling look at how curiosity can nudge anger into something beautiful and transformative
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSAA a cappella
Level: MA
Holy One, Source of Radiance and Reason
A luminous affirmation of the unknowable holy presence found “within, among and beyond us”
A luminous affirmation of the unknowable holy presence found “within, among and beyond us”
Poet/Lyricist: Rob Eller-Isaacs
- Flexible voicing: SATB a cappella OR 2-5 part canon
Level: ME
Into the Silent Darkness
A searching mediation on facing life’s wild, primeval mysteries with fear, faith and alleluias.
A searching mediation on facing life’s wild, primeval mysteries with fear, faith and alleluias.
Poet/Lyricist: Richard S. Gilbert
- SATB, violin, piano
Level: MA
Kindling: Small Reflections on a Limitless Faith
An ecstatic and introspective cantata on the things that inspire, challenge and nourish our religious lives
An ecstatic and introspective cantata on the things that inspire, challenge and nourish our religious lives
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- SATB, chamber ensemble
Level: MA
Pure Light beyond Light
Ancient and modern invocations of the Holy filled with reverence, mystery and illumination
Ancient and modern invocations of the Holy filled with reverence, mystery and illumination
Poet/Lyricist: Mozarabic prayer, Hildegard von Bingen, Rob Eller-Isaacs
- SATB a cappella
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- SATB, chamber ensemble
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
Level: M
